Overview
- The Kerala government has said it will challenge the trial court’s acquittal of actor Dileep in higher courts.
- A week after the verdict, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan hosted the survivor at a Christmas event, with the CMO sharing a photo of their interaction.
- On December 8, the Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court convicted six men in the 2017 abduction and sexual assault and acquitted Dileep and three others.
- In her first public statement since the verdict, the survivor alleged unfair proceedings, citing illegal access to a key memory card while in court custody, the resignation of two prosecutors, and denial of open-court requests.
- Actor Manju Warrier said justice remains incomplete, while Dileep claimed he was framed and called the case a conspiracy, reflecting a divided public and industry response.